Carton



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CARTON Filed Feb. 15, 1959 INVENTORS Sec/cendorf' Perl .Richard l? Wllam BYHOward ulu m, QM., f MQ f ATTORIS Patented Dec. 17, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARTON Application February 13, 1939, Serial No. 256,054

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to an improvement in cartons for wax records or the like and more particularly to the bottom construction thereof.

Owing to the fragile character of wax records such as are commonly used on dictating machines or the like, it is desirable to protect them against chipping and cracking in use and in transit. Accordingly, cartons heretofore used disclose various expedients for this purpose. An object of the present invention is to provide a carton having a resilient bottom construction which can be made economically and embodied in a more attractive appearing container than o those heretofore available for similar purposes.

A further and more specific purpose has been to provide a bottom construction wherein the resilient portions are shaped to increase their durability and to present rounded supporting surfaces to edge portions of the wax records when the latter are in the carton.

Embodiments of this invention are shown in the drawing appended hereto and in which- Figure l is a central longitudinal section showing a carton with one form of bottom construction;

Figure 2, a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Figure 3, a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Figure 4, a central longitudinal section of a modified form; and

Figure 5, a transverse section on the line -5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing, the carton construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 comprises an outer wall or tube I, having its bottom edge rolled or crimped inwardly to form a seat 2. A bottom wall or closure disc 3 is mounted with its peripheral edge supported on the seat 2. An inner wall or tube 4 fits snugly within the outer wall IA and with its lower edge bearing against edge portions of disc 3 to hold the latter in position on seat 2.

To protect the surface of a wax record when in position within the carton, a lining 5 of flannel or the like is mounted on a tubular insert 6 secured to the inner tubular wall in any suitable manner as for example by spots of glue 1.

The closure disc 3 is preferably made of an inherently resilient material such as vulcanized fiber and is stamped or cut in such a manner as to form the resilient or spring tabs 8 biased inwardly and with their ends extending above the normal upper surface of disc 3. These tabs are of approximately triangular shapei one side (Cl. G-15) forming a radially extending base line along which the tab retains connection with the body of disc 3. Each tab is also deformed to a curved cross sectional contour presenting an upwardly exposed convex surface. This arrangement pro- 5 vides a series of tabs of curved contour relatively narrow at their displaced ends and broader at their base lines, and affording means for effectively utilizing the resiliency of the material of disc 3 for cushioning.

In use, a wax record or the like rests in the carton with one end supported on the convex surfaces of tabs 8 which by reason o-f their resiliency provide cushioning means to absorb shocks and thus protect the record from injury under normal conditions of use.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the material of disc 9 is cut or punched to form radially extending tabs I0 which correspond in function to the tabs 8 in Figs. l and 2. In this case the tab ends II are deformed to curved or dished cross sectional contour and extend inwardly and above the normal upper surface of disc 9. It will be noted also that the lower edge of tubular inner wall 4 extends downwardly into the bottom roll I2 and that disc 9 is supported with its edge portion resting on a seat I3 provided by the edge of roll I2 where it is retained by the lower edge of insert 6 secured to wall 4 by the spots of glue I.

The constructions herein shown present effective and inexpensive shock-absorbing or cushioning constructions for the several purposes hereinabove indicated and have as a further novel feature tabs presenting rounded or curved bearing surfaces to the edges of wax records, thus facilitating a sliding action between the record and the tabs which tends to protect edge portions of the records from abrasion by the tabs.

We claim:

A bottom closure for wax sound record cartons or the like, comprising a disc of compressed resilient iibrous material normally iiat and having a plurality of cuts therethrough which define radially arranged resilient tabs integral with said disc, each of said tabs having an end portion deformed to a dished contour on one side and a convex contour on the other side to form in eiect a spring mounted protuberance extending beyond the normal flat surface at one side of said disc.

RICHARD P. SECKENDORF. WILLIAM H. PERRY.

HOWARD P. BECKETT. 

